Notepad concept envisions a Fluent Design update

Nov 9, 2020 18:05 GMT  ·  By

Let’s be honest about it: Notepad remains an essential part of the native Windows experience, and while some consider it just a basic app, it’s actually a much more powerful tool than many expect.

This is the reason Notepad is being used for various purposes, including even for coding, and Microsoft knows this very well. Notepad has received several important updates lately, including extended line endings, a feature that was officially announced in May 2018.

But what Notepad didn’t get was a visual makeover, as this little app is yet to receive the treatment that Windows 10 and several other pre-loaded apps have already received in the operating system.

A concept created by Zee-Al-Eid Ahmad Rana, who has previously envisioned Fluent Design and modern makeovers for other Windows 10 apps, envisions the visual update that you’d expect to get in Notepad. And as usual, it all comes down to Fluent Design, which at first glance could transform Notepad quite heavily.

The Notepad effort

While at first glance it may not seem like Notepad is getting a lot of love in Windows 10, Microsoft is actually putting a lot of work into improving the app and bringing more capabilities to users.

Microsoft’s Raymond Chen provided us with a closer look at the hard work that involves Notepad two years ago, explaining why working on the app “is not a full-time job but it’s not an empty job either.”

“For one thing, Notepad is a common guinea pig. If a team is adding a new feature, they may ask Notepad to support the feature, in order to get some feedback on how well the feature works in a “real program”, rather than a unit test,” he explained.

The latest version of Notepad is also available in the Microsoft Store on Windows 10.

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